[TowerTalk] How close does a vertical have to be to saltwater tosee any benefit

[k4tmc at aol.com]

There were some articles in NCJ last year, or maybe the year before, 
about using antennas near saltwater.  Interesting reading.

73,
Henry - K4TMC

-----Original Message-----
From: john at kk9a.com
To: TOWERTALK at contesting.com
Cc: jknodel at msn.com
Sent: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 9:06 pm
Subject: [TowerTalk] How close does a vertical have to be to saltwater 
tosee any benefit










You are way too far away from the salt water to have enhanced radiation
below the Pseudo Brewster angle.

John KK9A



To: Tower Forum <towertalk at contesting.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] How close does a vertical have to be to saltwater 
tosee
any benefit?
From: Jon M Knodel
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:11:54 -0700
List-post: <mailto:towertalk at contesting.com>

Here is my question - Just how close does a vertical have to be to 
saltwater
to
see any benefit over typical ground?  We all know that a vertical over
saltwater is excellent, but I want to know if it would be much of a 
benefit
to
put one up at my location.

I am located on a peninsula and my qth is about 1.25 miles from the 
ocean to
the west and about 0.5 miles to a saltwater bay to the east.  Our soil 
is
100%
sand and typically have a very high ground water table.  Would this
proximity
to saltwater give me any benefit over a station without any saltwater 
around
anywhere with the same vertical antenna?  Or would it take the same 
vertical
installed DIRECTLY over saltwater to see any benefit from the 
saltwater?
Any
thoughts would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.

Jon N7XW

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